Pediatric Chronic Migraine Severity and Maternal Stress
Primary headache is an increasing phenomenon in pediatric age, and very often, it causes disabling limitations in children’s daily activities, negatively affecting family well-being. There are conflicting data in the literature on the impact of children’s migraines on parental experienced stress. Th...
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| description | Primary headache is an increasing phenomenon in pediatric age, and very often, it causes disabling limitations in children’s daily activities, negatively affecting family well-being. There are conflicting data in the literature on the impact of children’s migraines on parental experienced stress. This study aimed to evaluate maternal stress in a sample of school-aged children with a migraine without aura (MwoA) and its correlation with migraine intensity and frequency. A total of 474 mothers aged between 31 and 55 participated in the study: 237 were mothers of children with MwoA, and 237 were mothers of typical developing children. All participants were administered the Parent Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF) for the assessment of parental stress; the Pediatric Migraine Disability Assessment (PedMIDAS) was administered to children with MwoA to assess the presence of a related disability migraine. The results showed a significantly higher rate of stress in mothers of MwoA children (<i>p</i> < 0.001) in all the domains explored by the PSI-SF and a statistically significant correlation between the maternal stress total score and the intensity and frequency of migraine attacks (<i>p</i> < 0.0001). This study highlights the need for the holistic contribution of the family to be considered in the clinical management of pediatric migraines. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-570d815456e94634b2404b242a31c5682023-11-23T10:02:15ZengMDPI AGPediatric Reports2036-75032021-10-0113457658210.3390/pediatric13040068Pediatric Chronic Migraine Severity and Maternal StressDaniela Smirni0Marco Carotenuto1Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, ItalyClinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Department of Mental Health, Physical and Preventive Medicine, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 81100 Caserta, ItalyPrimary headache is an increasing phenomenon in pediatric age, and very often, it causes disabling limitations in children’s daily activities, negatively affecting family well-being. There are conflicting data in the literature on the impact of children’s migraines on parental experienced stress. This study aimed to evaluate maternal stress in a sample of school-aged children with a migraine without aura (MwoA) and its correlation with migraine intensity and frequency. A total of 474 mothers aged between 31 and 55 participated in the study: 237 were mothers of children with MwoA, and 237 were mothers of typical developing children. All participants were administered the Parent Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF) for the assessment of parental stress; the Pediatric Migraine Disability Assessment (PedMIDAS) was administered to children with MwoA to assess the presence of a related disability migraine. The results showed a significantly higher rate of stress in mothers of MwoA children (<i>p</i> < 0.001) in all the domains explored by the PSI-SF and a statistically significant correlation between the maternal stress total score and the intensity and frequency of migraine attacks (<i>p</i> < 0.0001). This study highlights the need for the holistic contribution of the family to be considered in the clinical management of pediatric migraines.https://www.mdpi.com/2036-7503/13/4/68primary headachematernal stressmigraine without auraPedMIDAS |
| spellingShingle | Daniela Smirni Marco Carotenuto Pediatric Chronic Migraine Severity and Maternal Stress Pediatric Reports primary headache maternal stress migraine without aura PedMIDAS |
| title | Pediatric Chronic Migraine Severity and Maternal Stress |
| title_full | Pediatric Chronic Migraine Severity and Maternal Stress |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Pediatric Chronic Migraine Severity and Maternal Stress |
| title_short | Pediatric Chronic Migraine Severity and Maternal Stress |
| title_sort | pediatric chronic migraine severity and maternal stress |
| topic | primary headache maternal stress migraine without aura PedMIDAS |
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